Tohru Asai

Tohru Asai, M.D. Department of SurgerySeta-tsukinowacho Otsu City Shiga 520-2192 Japan 81 77 548-2248 81 77 544-2901 (Fax) http://www.shiga-med.ac.jp/~toruasai/cv02.html

Institutional Affiliation

• Seta Tsukinowacho, Division CV Surgery

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery

Background

• Kanazawa University School of Medicine (M.D.1986)
• NYU General Surgery Residency (1988-1990)
• NYU Cardiothoracic Reseach Fellowship (1991-1992)
• NYU Cardiothoracic Clinical Fellowship (1992-1994)
• Div of CV Surgery, Kanazawa CV Hospital (1994-)
• Director, Div of CV Surgery, Kanazawa CV Hospital (1999-)
• Professor, Dpt of Surgery, Shiga Univ of Med Science (2002-)

Interests

• Mitral Valve Reconstruction
• Coronary Bypass Surgery without CPB
• skeletonization of arterial conduits
• myocardial protection
• Multimedia presentation of CV surgery

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